Pencil or pen holder.



0. J. WATTS. PENCIL 0R PEN HOLDER. APPLICATION I'ILEI) NOV. 30, 1910. 1

1,052,702; Patented Feb.11,1913.

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pencil or pen holders The principaladvantage ofthis holder is .15 thearticleon which the pen or pencilisto j' OSCARJ'. WATTS, or KENSINGTON,KANSAS.

PENCIL OR PEN HOLDER.

Y I Speeificathin oiietters liatent. l -,Applicationfiled November30, 1910. Serial No. 594,963.%

Patented. Feb. 11. 191 3.

folall-cuhomtmay concem:' a WAr aa Be it known that, I, OSCAR .i.

* citizen Lot theUnited States,i residing at Kensingtominthecounty ofSmith and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and i 'usefulImprovements in Pencil orPen-Holders; and I do hereby declare thefollowing :to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in. the art' to which it appertams tomake' and use the same.

This invention-relates to improvements in that the spring members whichengage with beheld are pivoted, and may thus be. swung through anyangle", Because of this feature the holder maybe used to hold a pen orpencil in a pocket, where the clip will neces sarilybeparallel tothe.pen or pencil, or' it v may be swung atright angles to the pen or 1'pencil, and thus fasten it along the side of trated in the accompanyingdrawings, in

I V which i Figure 1 is a perspective view of thedevice, withthe clipsswung at right angles to the pencilfor attaching to a book;- Fig. 2 isav perspective View showing the device attached to a pocket; Fig. 3 is aperspec- Copies of this patent maybe obtained for five cents each, byaddressing the 'Gominissioner of latents,

tive view of theIdevice separated from the pencil and F ig. 4 isalongitudinal section throughthe device.

above and other objects in View,

of reference, the numeral 1 representsjthe spring pen or pencll engagingmember,

formed from a sheet of metal having sufiicient elasticity to grasp thepen or pencil and hold it 'firmly. Two armsi and 3 are fastened"together at their ends by a rivet, or

other suitable fastener 4, the. opposite ends being separated and formedsoils to slip over a pocket, cover, or other article and firmly holdthe. same within the grasp of the two arms, said arms being pivoted atan intermediate point to the pen or pencil retaining member 1 by meansof a rivet 5, or any other suitable-means. r

The arm 3 i's-oif-set toward the clip 1 adjacent to the pivotal point 5thereof and below said off-set portion' rests normally parallel'to thearm 2, which is straight.

L'Having thus fully described this invention, -what I claim as new anddesireto secure by. Letters Patent is: x

' In a pencil holder, a straight. arm, a secearns. PATENT Fries.

' Referringto the drawingsby characters 0nd arm rivetedto the first armat one end thereof and offset midway, of its length to bring the free,end of thesecond arm in parallel spaced relation to the free end-0f thebotharms between the riveted extremities of said arms and the offsetportion of" the second arm, the back of the clip being di-.

reoted outwardly to, enable theclip to swing Washington, D. *0.

' first arm, a pencil clip pivotally attached to I

